Neckband clamp



Mar'ch 29; 1932. Q FAULKNER 1,851,501

NECKBAND CLAMP Filed Nov. 24, 1930 INVENTOR. HA/mo C I'ZuLK/VER BY f/ aL A TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 29, 1932 UNITED STATES HAROLD c. FAULKNER, or SPRINGFIELD, MAssAcHus'R'rrs."AssieNoR 'ro NAErIoN Ii LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, me, or WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A coR PoRA TION OF DELAWARE Application filed November 24,1930. fSerialj No. 497,244.? I I This invention relates to neckband clamps for holding the neckbands of shirts in position on'laundry presses. One object of the invention is to provide a clamp of this character capable of being operated by one hand and without substantial efiort. A further object is to provide a clamp having a grip operable by closing the fingers to remove the tension with which the clamp grips the form block, and in which the grip can then be movedas a unit to shift the released clamp to or from its clamping position. A

I further object is to providea clamp of simple a and inexpensive construction. 15/ Referring to the drawings, V

Fig. 1 is a front elevat'on of the neckband clamp. shown in association with a laundry press;

Fig. 2: the left in Fig. 1 and on a larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2;

I "and head has been shown at and the movable A suitable operating upper head at 11. mechanism, not necessary to show here, will of course be provided for lowering the upper head into pressing contact with the'lower head. The heads are heated, as is customary, by any desired means. A neckband block or generally semi-circular front surface 13, 1s secured to the lower head near one end. l A

V clamping band 14, shaped on its forward end to correspond with the surface 13, is mounted upon a carrier This carrier is fixed upon the forward end of a rod 16 slidable in a lock 17. A pin 18 passes through this'block and through the yoked upper end 19 of astandard 20 secured to the frame of the press. 7 The rod, carrying with it the band 1A, is

NECKVBAND CLAMP 1 I its'lowe'r end rto straddldtlie block""and.

2 is a side elevation looking from former 12, having a a nactivelposit on.

thus-permitted a slidingmotion and-also rock-mg motion about the pin 18 as apivot. Surrounding the rod 16 is aspring 21 hearing .at one end against. the block -17 and at, the 2 other against a collar 22 held i-n place on {the 155 rodby a nut 23. The collar is forked at its upper side to receive a link 2A,-'coup1ed,t by a-pin25." The other endof}tlie=linkj;is f pinnedat 26to a handle leve afjforked at. v

pivoted upon the pin 18. A coacting handle 28 is. attached-to or formed integral with" gether ajconve'nient gripi d By squeezing" the handles; the rod-161' will be pushed tothe r'ight-as viewd in Fig.=3', overcoming theresist'anc'e ofthe 'springj2f and shifting'the band 14e-to a positi'on clear the block 17, the"two handles'forming f toy il I The rod'is kept from turningduring this mo- 7 tion bypin-29 on the rod whichru nsin a" slot 30 formed inthe block. With the handles pressed together theblocln'rod, and band can berocked' counterclockwise as"*viewed i in this same figure, ren1oving'the'band'from proximity to the former 1 2 so that an iron'e'd shirt may be removed from the pressor an 9 other shirt put in places 4 The operation has been "described .as if the? clamp were being] removed from the. former,u but. a similarclamp over the neckband former when a fresh shirt has been positioned. r Either operation can obviously becarried out "with the; use ofone hand only, the: squeezing'of the handles 27, 281 serving to "place the band in position I where. it? can be slippedi over or. off of the former, and a turninginiotionqabout pinalS as? .a; center servingyto rotate the block-17 and the "band into either; its. active or its :Whatl claimis'z". f gs 11 .A. neckban'cl holder comprising aneck:

band former, asupport, ablock pivoted'to the:v i 7 support for swinging movement about a hori 'iii zon'tal axis, a rod slidable in the block/inn direction at right angles to said. aais,ianeck}! band clajmplcarried bytheirod in position ,to

encircle the, neckband former, a spring-act ingzontherodito moveiti such adirection'j as Y 'actioniis of courseperfomied .to place-the i 7 v away :Eromthe tor-finer when the two arts of the handle grip are moved together and they clamp when so released may beswun away 1frorirfthefonner by rockingjfthebfoeiupon its" pivot. r

2. A neckband holder comprising a neckv a band vformer, a'support; a block pivoted to thegupport for swlnging movement about, a horizontal axis, a rodslid'able inthe block in' I 'a (li Ction at rightangles'to said-axis,aneckband elamp carried by the rod; imposition to V encirele theneekb'andformer,a collar onithe end .ofjthe rod remote from the; elamp, a spring compressed between the block andthe eojll ant aha'ndle fixed to the block, a second l handleupivotally mounted in thebloek about 7 I said horiz'ontal axis,;said handleej-extending 21 i otherjand a link connecting the 'second han 5 two-part handle grip, one part being fixed; the oth'ermova-ble, means connecting the V I neekbandelanip wherbymovement, of the clamp whereby-rocking of! the handle-gripe substemti-a'l'lyparallel to and adjacent-Teach lflifihth l rc a 1 A;neekbaiid-holder comprising a: neck: n M v t bend-former, a} support, a neckban d clamp adapted for cooperation with; the former, a

moveble pm of the handle-grip withthe two parts ot 'the' handle grip towards each otherffwilli cause longitudinal motion of the neekhand} clamp relative to the support in a direction to release it :from' the former; and means? connecting the handle grip and the willcause'rockingeof the clamp to' move it intooi': out; of registration with the neekbandf 7 iormen- 1 Y 14 A 'neekband holder comprising-a; 116C'ke 4 .bandvformer,asupport, a blockpiivoted'to the support for swingingmovement about a hor-n izontakaxisya rod slidable-in the "blockin av directionat right anglestosaid axis, a. neck-;. v bandelamp'ca'rried'by the-rod in positionto encircle theneckband former, a spring'a'ctingv fi omtheirod' to move it in such-adirectionas r blockagainst the resistanoe-of tlie s ii ring to d toipress-the clamp against theformerya'twoa parti'handleagripcarried bytheibloclg; one I part beingifi'xed", and the-other movable; and. a j leverage in'creasi-nggconnection.-betweenzthe- V movable'part of the handle gripi'and-the 7 so that the rod may easily be shifted iii theii the'clamp away "from the" formerwhen -the two parts of thehwndl'e grip are moved tegether and the dam -whenso rele'ased may be'swung away from the'formerby rocking" theblioek upon its ivot. 1 a v lntestimolly whereofl have' aifixed mysig 

